Monthly Archives: April 2007

The PowerPoint Comedian

Just in time for PowerPoint week… here is Don McMillan.

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Should Schools Block Britannica?

Yesterday this post was in Slashdot. Should schools block access to Wikipedia? I have blogged about wikis before. I only mentioned Wikipedia as an example of a wiki and didn’t elaborate on the content found there. It turns out I … Continue reading

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Student Flakes

Since my post about Start Pages, I have been looking at different features of an assortment of web two-point-oh start page sites. Pageflakes has added a “student” version of a start page. The Pageflakes people have taken many of the … Continue reading

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Webkinz

Would you give a first grader $2000 to spend on decorating a bedroom? Neither would I. But I did spend $9 for a Webkinz that came with its own room and a pile of KinzCash. The Webkinz is a stuffed … Continue reading

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PowerPoint or No PowerPoint… continued

Garr Reynolds has a nice followup to the debate on PowerPoint, complete with slides. If you use PowerPoint/Keynote and are not a reader of the Presentation Zen blog, you should check it out.

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